This plant was first reported from Yunnan by Seidenfaden (Dansk Bot. Ark. 29(4): 71. 1975), based on Forrest 18715 (K). It is similar to Coelogyne sanderae in having a fimbriate-margined lip and three fimbriate-hairy lamellae. But in the specimen collected from Yunnan, the central lamella is very short (3-4 mm), and the lateral two lamellae are almost not fimbriate when extending to mid-lobe.